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Until August 10, there were 256 patients being treated in hospitals with H1N1 swine influenza.

In Waibergi Hospital, there were 11 patients and one was discharged on August 9. In Yangon and Ayeyarwady regions, where most H1N1 cases have been identified, preventive measures had been carried out, according to the Ministry of Health and Sport.

Five Sri Lankan fishermen were found in the Bay of Bengal near Chaung Thar village in Pathein on August 9.

A fishing boat from Myanmar saw their vessel drifting and informed the Marine and Fisheries Department. They found the vessel’s documents and registration cards. They left Matara, Sri Lanka, on June 25 and had been drifting since their engine broke.

"Their ambassador will come to meet them and we’ll transfer them to their embassy,” said Sub-Inspector Wanna Aung of Chaung Thar.

Due to fresh fighting between the Tatmadaw and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), more than 600 villagers have fled to the Kachin Baptist Convention church in Lankhwa village, Namati Township in Kachin State.